NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

usbtablet is an XFree86 input driver for USB tablet devices.
The usbtablet driver functions as a pointer input device,
and may be used as the X server's core pointer.

SUPPORTED HARDWARE

This driver supports most USB tablets like the Wacom Gra-
phire or PenPartner tablets.

CONFIGURATION DETAILS

Please refer to XF86Config(5) for general configuration
details and for options that can be used with all input
drivers. This section only covers configuration details
specific to this driver.
Each device supports the following entries:
Option "Type" "stylus"|"eraser"|"cursor"
sets the type of tool the device represent. This
option is mandatory.
Option "Device" "path"
sets the path to the special file which
represents serial line where the tablet is
plugged. You have to specify it for each sub-
section with the same value if you want to have
multiple devices with the same tablet. This
option is mandatory.
Option "Suppress" "Inumber"
sets the position increment under which not to
transmit coordinates.
If you don't specify this entry, the default
value is 2.
Option "Threshold" "number"
sets the pressure threshold used to generate a
button 1 events of stylus devices. The default
value is 5.
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Option "Mode" "Relative"|"Absolute"
sets the mode of the device.
Option "HistorySize" "number"
sets the motion history size. By default the
value is zero.
Option "FactorX" "number"
Scaling factor between tablet coordinates and X
screen coordinates. If you don't specify it, it
will be calculated to match the width of your
tablet to the width of your screen.
Option "FactorY" "number"
Scaling factor between tablet coordinates and X
screen coordinates. If you don't specify it, it
will be calculated to match the height of your
tablet to the height of your screen.
Lennart Augustsson <augustss@netbsd.org> wrote the original
version for XFree86 3.3.6, Matthieu Herrb
<matthieu@openbsd.org> adapted it to XFree86 4.x.
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